How to get rid of Pokemon Go malware

An APK version of the Pokemon Go app is claimed to be genuine and safe, but there’s always a small risk that the files may have been tampered with. If the app asks for more permissions than what you think you should, you may uninstall it and just wait for the official release to protect yourself from any attempt of malware attacks.

Security experts Proofpoint just discovered the Droidjack malware embedded into a version of Pokemon Go downloaded outside of the Google Play Store. And if you side-loaded a version of Pokemon Go, you might have installed some malware with it.